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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Pennsylvania.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Chemical degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Pennsylvania.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 4000 | 82600 | 0.9516 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95400 | 0.9378 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6900 | 90200 | 0.9237 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96200 | 0.9185 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 13 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | Bowdoin College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8945 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 18 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 19 | University of Pennsylvania | 11200 | 92700 | 0.8793 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 20 | University of Tulsa | 11400 | 62900 | 0.8184 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 21 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 22 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 23 | University of Chicago | 12100 | 95500 | 0.873 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 12900 | 84800 | 0.848 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 26 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 43000 | 0.6883 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 27 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 13800 | 26600 | 0.4812 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 31 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4505 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14500 | 36200 | 0.5994 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 33 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 34 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 34 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 36 | Western Michigan University | 15600 | 32500 | 0.5206 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 38 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 38 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 40 | Lehigh University | 16000 | 88600 | 0.8194 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 41 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 42 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 43 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 44 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3536 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 17000 | 40900 | 0.5841 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 47 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 50 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 51 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 18100 | 48400 | 0.6263 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 53 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18200 | 39000 | 0.533 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 55 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18800 | 35400 | 0.4683 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 56 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 57 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19000 | 30100 | 0.3693 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 58 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3154 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 60 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3269 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 62 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 63 | Youngstown State University | 20000 | 34000 | 0.4118 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 64 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 64 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75900 | 0.7342 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 66 | Villanova University | 20200 | 87900 | 0.7702 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 68 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 69 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 70 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 71 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 29100 | 0.2685 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 72 | Louisiana Tech University | 21400 | 26100 | 0.1802 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 74 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 74 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 76 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 33600 | 0.336 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 77 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 77 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 79 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 31000 | 0.2675 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 82 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23700 | 24900 | 0.0481 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 83 | University of Kansas | 24200 | 43000 | 0.4369 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 84 | Miami University-Oxford | 24400 | 27500 | 0.1129 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 84 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 86 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24900 | 37900 | 0.3427 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 86 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 88 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25000 | 40600 | 0.3843 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 89 | University of Dayton | 25400 | 64200 | 0.6045 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 90 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 90 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 92 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 93 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 94 | Clarkson University | 26400 | 78000 | 0.6617 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 95 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 95 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 97 | Bucknell University | 26600 | 88600 | 0.6994 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 100 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 101 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41600 | 0.3261 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 102 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28000 | 33300 | 0.1589 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 104 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 104 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1439 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 110 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 111 | Michigan Technological University | 29700 | 34700 | 0.1442 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 112 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 43900 | 0.3214 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 112 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 114 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82400 | 0.6271 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 117 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 118 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30900 | 38500 | 0.1975 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 120 | Lamar University | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1829 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 120 | University of Louisville | 31300 | 42000 | 0.2546 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 122 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31600 | 36700 | 0.1388 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 125 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 126 | Hendrix College | 32200 | 59300 | 0.4567 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 128 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 129 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 130 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 131 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 132 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 133 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34000 | 70200 | 0.516 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 133 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1705 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 135 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 136 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 137 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3754 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 138 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 139 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36000 | 47500 | 0.2423 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 142 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 143 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 144 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 145 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 146 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 147 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 148 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 149 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 150 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 150 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 152 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 153 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 154 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39800 | 50000 | 0.2042 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 155 | California Baptist University | 39900 | 65600 | 0.3917 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 157 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 158 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40800 | 48500 | 0.1587 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 160 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41100 | 53600 | 0.2333 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 160 | University of New Haven | 41100 | 67300 | 0.3891 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 162 | Colorado School of Mines | 41400 | 60100 | 0.3111 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 163 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 164 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 165 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 166 | University at Buffalo | 43300 | 46700 | 0.0728 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 168 | Widener University | 45700 | 78400 | 0.417 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 169 | University of California-San Diego | 46100 | 77200 | 0.4029 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 170 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 171 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47300 | 57700 | 0.1806 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 172 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 173 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 174 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1555 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 175 | University of California-Riverside | 49300 | 66000 | 0.2532 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 176 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 177 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 178 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 83600 | 0.3982 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 179 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 181 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 181 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 183 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 184 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 185 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 189 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69800 | 0.0215 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 190 | University of California-Berkeley | 70900 | 76100 | 0.0684 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.